Weaponry

Aiglos, Last Alliance spear of Gil-Galad

I find the Last Alliance one of the most interesting events in Middle-earth history. And one of the least spoken of weapons in that conflict was that of Gil-Galad, the High King of the Noldor. Aiglos was a nine foot spear, feared greatly by Orcs. It was said that to face it was to face certain death.

Aiglos, the name being Elvish for “icicle”, had a curved blade of nearly two foot in length. The blade was etched in filigree. Such a weapon, only able to be handled by a powerful warrior, was closer in appearence to a glaive (shown below) than a spear.
The large blade bore an inscription in Elvish, stating the following: